Table 7
Trace mineral excretion and retention of sheep fed trace mineral-fortified microbial culture (TMC) 1)
| Item | Control | TMC added | SE | p value |
|---|
| --------- mg/d -------- |
| Fecal excretion |
| Zn | 38.7b | 62.3a | 2.1 | 0.0004 |
| Cu | 10.3b | 19.3a | 0.3 | 0.0001 |
| Co | 0.0b | 0.1a | 0.1 | 0.0412 |
| Fe | 352.7b | 446.0a | 24.7 | 0.0195 |
| Mn | 84.0b | 89.3a | 1.4 | 0.0180 |
| Mo | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9818 |
| Urinary excretion |
| Zn | nd2) | nd | - | - |
| Cu | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.6792 |
| Co | nd | nd | - | - |
| Fe | nd | nd | - | - |
| Mn | nd | nd | - | - |
| Mo | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.2302 |
| Retention |
| Zn | 8.7b | 14.9a | 2.0 | 0.0363 |
| Cu | 2.2b | 3.9a | 0.3 | 0.0048 |
| Co | 0.011 | 0.015 | 0.020 | 0.9900 |
| Fe | 120.8 | 138.0 | 24.7 | 0.5264 |
| Mn | -1.2 | -0.4 | 1.4 | 0.5867 |
| Mo | -0.036 | -0.007 | 0.057 | 0.4903 |